Fruit-strainer



(No Model.) M.` J. DELMAGE.

FRUIT STMIMERl` i No. 423,597. Patented Mar. 18, 189m UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE- MARY JANE DELMAGE, OF NORTH BILLERICA, MASSACHUSETTS.

FRUIT-STRAlNER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 423,597, dated March 18, 1890.

Application filed November l, 1889. Serial No. 328,886. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, MARY JANE DELMAGE, of North Billerica, in the county of Middlesex, State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fruit -Strainers, of which the following is a description sufliciently full, clear, and exact to enable any person skilled in the art or science to which said invention appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specication, in which-,-

Figure l is an elevation showing my improvement in use; Fig. 2, a top plan View of the strainer, and Fig. 3 a plan View of the compressor.

Like letters and figures of reference indicate corresponding parts in the different igures of the drawings.

My invention relates especially to a device for straining cooked fruit during the process of making jelly; and it consists incertain novel featureshereinafter fully set forth and claimed, t-he object being to produce a simpler, cheaper, and more effective device of this character than is now in ordinary use.

The nature and operation of the improvement will be readily understood by all conversant with such matters from the following explanation.

In the drawings, A represents the bag, which is constructed of` cloth sufliciently porous to permit the fruit-juice to be forced therethrough. A metallic ring b is secured inthe mouth of the bag, said Yring, being grooved peripherally. A loop or eye d is formed on said ring at opposite sides thereof. A holder B, consisting of a single piece of wire coiled at f to form a spring, has its arms g h bent or curved at e' on the same circle as the hoop or ring b. The arms g h of the holder are passed through the eyes d of the ring b until their curved portions el enter the ring-groove, the spring end f of said holder clamping said arms tightly against the ring. The holder serves as a handle for manipulating the device when the bag is filled with the hot fruit, and also as a support whereby the bag may be suspended in the mouth of Va utensil for receiving the fruit-juice.

The compressor D consists of a single rod of 'wire coiled at p to form a spring, the outer ends of the arm q r being curved at c on an arc of thek same circle as the ring b, and adapted to be passed through the eyesd into the groove of said ring when not vin use, in the same manner as the holder B.

The bag being filled with the cooked fruit is suspended over a receptacle adapted to receive the juice. The bag is then encircled by the curved arms of the compressor, as shown in Fig. l, which are forced together and drawn gradually downward over said bag. This expels the fruit-juice through the cloth Without injuring the hands of the operator,

in a manner readily understood by all .con-

versant with such matters without -a more explicit description.

Having thus explained my invention, what I claim is- 1. In a fruit-strainer, a bag, a grooved ring in the mouth thereof, loops at opposite sides of said ring, a detachable wire-holder coiled to form a spring and bent to partially encircle said ring, substantially as described.

2. In a fruit-strainer, a bag provided with a grooved ring in its mouth, a holder comprising a wire rod coiled to form a spring and having its ends curved to partially encircle the ring, and a spring-compressor, substantially as described.

3. In a fruit-strainer, the bag A,ring b, and spring-holder B, in combination with the compressor D, having the spring p and curved ends o, substantially as described.

4. In a fruit-strainer, a bag,a grooved ring in the mouth thereof, loops on said ring, a holder bent to form a torsion-spring at one end and having its body curved to partially encircle the ring, and a compressor comprising a wire rod coiled at one end, its opposite ends being curved substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

BIARY JANE DELMAGE.

Witnesses:

EDWARD W. TRULL, IsAAo L. LIBBY. 

